recently

published an

article

recognizing

Henry as

leading the

renewable

energy 

charge

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There is a revolution

under way to bring

renewable resources to

Native American

people. Led by modern-

day warrior Henry Red Cloud, a direct fifth generation descendent of Red Cloud, the famous Lakota war chief, and Trees, Water & People (TWP), inroads are being made one home and one business at a time.

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Count among its most recent advances a two-kilowatt photovoltaic array installed in October at KILI Radio, a public radio station serving the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and Rosebud reservations. The solar-power system was donated by Namasté Solar, while the manpower was provided by Red Cloud’s company, Lakota Solar Enterprises (LSE) and his Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC). Count among the ranks of volunteers on site for the installation seven students from the Shoshone Bannock, Oglala Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux, and Northern Cheyenne tribes—solar warriors in training at the RCREC. More to read here!

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recently

published an

article

recognizing

local non

profit

 

The Magnum Energy

team has been excited

to see the Red Cloud

Renewable Energy

Center come to life.

The nonprofit venture,

begun by Lakota Henry

Red Cloud, is located

on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and is dedicated to changing the world through renewable energy education and development. Sensata was pleased to support this effort through a donation of Magnum Energy inverter/chargers, interconnection system equipment, and accessories that will be used in their training workshops as part of their mobile solar stations.  See the rest here!

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recently

published an

article

recognizing

Henry red 

Cloud's tree

planting plan

 

PINE RIDGE

RESERVATION – For

the past five years,

Henry Red Cloud has

been planting trees.

We’ve had a number of

fires throughout the

reservation. Some fires were sparked by lightening, but most of the fires that have taken ruin to the Pine Ridge reservation are due to negligence or even arson.

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Recently, the butte near the reservation’s KILI Radio station caught fire. The entire hill and trees were consumed by fire. Now when you look that the butte, all you’ll see is a bunch of withered colored trees. What was once a beautiful hill covered by Ponderosa pine, providing a beautiful landscape, is now a charred hill.  Read the rest here!

recently

published an

article

recognizing

sustainable

energy

scholarships

PINE RIDGE – Now

more than ever it is

important we are all

working toward just and

sustainable energy

systems. Together we

are creating a new way

to honor the old ways.

Henry Red Cloud from the Pine Ridge Reservation and Solar Energy International (SEI) have worked together on renewable energy training and projects for almost 20 years. Henry’s non-profit organization, Red Cloud Renewable (RCR) and SEI created the professional level Tribal Train the Trainer (T4) Program that is designed specifically to build the Native American solar workforce, while concurrently providing the solar trainers and tribal solar advocate network that will spread this technology all across Indian Country!  Keep reading here!

recently

published an

article

recognizing

RCREC!

PINE RIDGE –

Red Cloud Renewable

(RCR) and Solar Energy

International (SEI)

announced selection of

the first class of Native

Americans to receive a

full scholarship as part

of the professional level 

Tribal Train the Trainer (T4) Program for Solar Certification.

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Seven Native Americans, four men and three women from four tribes have accepted positions in the program each receiving a scholarship that covers their classes, travel, lodging, food, workbooks and testing costs. The cohort will learn through intensive classroom theory, and.... read more here!

recently

published an

article

recognizing

Native

American

Solar!

 

DOWN a dirt track on

South Dakota’s bucolic

Pine Ridge Reservation,

Henry Red Cloud is

working out a plan to

help Native and

indigenous communities

around the world make

their own electricity.

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Through his Red Cloud Renewable Energy Centre, Red Cloud hopes to one day supply all 562 federally recognised tribes in the US, and eventually further afield, with cheap electricity from solar farms and panel-mounted, mobile trailer power banks. Read the rest here!

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